are looking to ask for assistance in protection and we need to see more and faster progress on all the humanitarian elements of your resolution to make any practical difference to their lives the u.n. special envoy said sweden is only the start of the next part achieving a lost in political agreement will be even harder a former u.s. ambassador to yemen laid out the challenges ahead what he got out of stockholm was in some sense of though hanging fruit in some instances in fact there was. an issues that had already been agreed like the prisoner exchange so as so what's going to come next is going to be much more of a trial and there is talk here of fresh talks on yemen to be held in either kuwait or jordan but so far the u.n. has not felt confident enough to name a date james out his era at the united nations chinese president xi jinping has

voiced support for a second summit between north korea and the united states north korean leader kim jong un ended a two day visit to beijing on tuesday neither side provided much detail about its schedule or what the leaders discussed but she has since told local media he hopes kim and donald trump will meet each other halfway on the issue of denuclearization if they meet again. more on that new year's speech from south korea's president and from robert right now in seoul. this new year address is very much directed at a domestic audience and so much of the statement in the following news conference with the international and south korean journalist was very much devoted to domestic issues in particular the economy but moon stressed that economic development and peace go very much hand in hand not only for south korea but also for north koreans so he stressed the importance now of improving into korean relations leading to specific measures such as the resumption of joint economic

cooperation projects between the two but that depends he said on the success of a future summit between president trump of the united states and kim of north korea taking place so this does seem to be a further confirmation that an announcement of that long awaited summit does seem to be imminent he says that in any such meeting there needs to be a give and take between north korea and the united states but also stress that there really has to be some bold action being taken by north korea now in moving towards the denuclearization that it has so far talked about if that takes place he says then continue relations will continue to improve and he has pledged that we will then see this long awaited visit by kim jong un to south korea and historic

a step he says it would be the first by a serving north korean leader since the end of the korean war. so the head hair and al-jazeera unrest in sudan kills me three more as president bashir remains defiant of. the globe with the rose starts his second six year term on thursday but his inauguration is facing a boycott. binny's pink's gaius by the time my home. or is the sun sets in the city of angels. hello again welcome back to international weather forecast well we're still dealing with extreme snow event here across parts of central europe and i want to show you what's been happening here in slovakia where they have been dealing with some very heavy snow as well they've got out here on this open your museum to take the snow off of these roofs because of the here weight of these weight of the snow here

across the area we are going to see more snow for parts of lucky of the next few days as well as into parts of germany and into austria that snow is going to continue for today but we do expect that as we go towards the weekend we do expect to see even more snow happening down here towards the south we're dealing with a nother storm system this one is not only bring snow but we do expect to see some very heavy winds across much of the area as well as a lot of rain so potential flooding is going to be a problem across parts of the aegean not just today but as we go towards tomorrow as well a lot of the rain also enters into parts of turkey where we're going to be seeing some very heavy rain as well where temperatures are going to be above freezing so we're not expected to see too much rain and turning to snow in the overnight hours as you make our way down here across parts of northern africa well for parts of algiers as well as into tunis we do expect to see some rain in your forecast as well as some winds tempters for algiers about eleven degrees if the tunis about twelve you. the weather sponsored by cats on race.

five families fight to survive in twenty first century america i live off my credit cards when i don't make enough money the last couple months it's been minimum balances can only keep their heads above water in a tough economic climate companies have had to lay off thousands of workers if he wants to go to school he'll be pain for his classes and books and all of that he can do that on a walgreens salary. and all in all just syrup. we're going you're watching al-jazeera reminder the top stories this hour and opposition

candidate felix has been declared the provisional winner of the long delayed presidential election in the democrats or republicans but runner up has dismissed the results as an electoral. state by pompei it was in egypt where he'll be giving a major speech on the trumpet ministrations middle east policy on wednesday pompei was stopped in iraq to reassure government officials about america's commitment to the fight against. president donald trump has walked out of a meeting with the democrats after they refused to fund a border war with mexico he called the meeting a total waste of time and tweeted afterwards that he had said bye bye to the democrats. in the government and a partial shutdown now for two and a half weeks. at least three people have been killed in wednesday's anti-government demonstrations in sudan city of on demand protesters have been angry about rising prices in the unstable economy they want president omar al bashir to step down but he remains defiant he would morgan has more now from khartoum.

for three weeks now this has been the scene in many parts of sudan people coming out to protest against president bashir is twenty nine year rule and demanding that he step down. i won't tell you whether we are under a dictatorship for thirty years they have used religion to stay in power now is the right time for people to come out and protest you can see them firing tear gas you could even be a weird agent. just wants all rights to eat and drink and live with dignity like anyone else in the world. on wednesday thousands came out once again to protest in amman as they attempted to make their with diligently defense templi to handle memo demanding that the president resign was the police responded to using tear gas was and live ammunition to disperse the crowd. as seen different than the one in the capital khartoum where the first pro-government rally was held since protests

began in mid december president bashir addressed his supporters blaming the protest on what he described as external forces that you know and there's a human we are all together hand in hand joining forces to maintain stability however some are adopting foreign agendas being operated by outside forces in a mes to the saddam however we reiterate those who are seeking power they are welcome however there is only one route to grab power it is the ballot box it is only through transparent free elections and it's up to use the sudanese people to decide. but elections are more than a year away and those protesting say they want him to step down sooner rather than later one thing it's done is in a way a reflection of the state of the nation demonstrations against the government on one side demanding president obama down and a pro-government rally on the other with the president and his supporters defined in the face of those protests i read scripts say forty people have been killed in anti-government protests the government puts the figure at nineteen with protesters

echoing slogans from the arab spring there are illusions that toppled governments in neighboring countries some analysts say the current state of the country could last for some time so. this will continue for a while until the government finds an economic and political solution because it's not just the economy of that has driven people to protest the government has to offer some compromise or the demonstrations will continue. no i'm never in his twenty nine year rule have a protest against him lasted for. president bashir may be determined to stay in power i think these protesters just as determined to see him go he will more going on to zero. a leading figure in egypt's two thousand and eleven revolution has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison following a retrial that was also fined three hundred forty five thousand dollars for inciting violence during protests the forced out of office at his first trial in

two thousand and fifteen two men received a life sentence along with two hundred twenty nine others convicted in absentia. dozens of countries a boycott seen the inauguration ceremony for venezuela's president nicolas maduro starts his second six year term on thursday overseeing worsening shortages and soaring inflation that's caused latin america's worst ever migration crisis as millions of venezuelans escape growing poverty reports from a slum near the capital caracas. people. one of the largest in latin america i desperate to say anything to make ends meet but it's only about voting for those who are left here are the survivors because everybody's leaving we're not we're staying and trying to survive in any way we can. street vendors say the government is trying to stop them from making a living the government says the vendors charge too much and that it should be able to control their prices this is it and i meant there are others this is difficult

the government wants to ruin us all he wants to control the country and make it cheaper and the police are taking everything away from us but how do we eat how do we live i do we sustain our families shortages of food and medicines and hyperinflation have forced over three million people out of what was once considered latin america's richest nation nicolette mode of begins his second term in office with an ongoing economic crisis and mounting international pressure his critics say that he is really it illegitimate because the elections last year were filled with irregularities and fraud human rights groups are also questioning the government's methods of clinging to power was human rights watch released a report documented cases of at least thirty two people with ties to the military who have been detained and tortured. brother is a surgeon who has been imprisoned for seven months he was in a relationship with

a retired navy captain and was accused of treason. a mortal my brother was beaten so many times his hands that he uses to heal people were broken he still has no feeling in some of his fingers he has done nothing wrong his only mistake was to date a navy captain who the government says was in a plot. i was in a surgery in colombia when the government said he was buying equipment for the opposition on wednesday. lashed out at both the u.s. and then a group of other latin american countries who say he's really action was flawed and he's new time in office is illegitimate. a coup ordered by washington and the lima group is underway against the legitimate and constitutional government over which i preside the bowl of aryan revolution has been getting prepared to confront and thwart any traitors who intend violence against venezuela but on the

streets most people are more worried about surviving every day in a major economic crisis that analysts say will only get worse. state of emergency has been declared after peru's attorney general resigned over claims of meddling in the corruption investigation into construction jondo direct pressure says his decision was aimed at protecting the independence of the prosecutor's office his tenure has been marred by ickes ations of offering political favors change for bribes a president. repeatedly called for him to resign as he tries to root out corruption . for decades women and young girls have accused the popular us singer r. kelly of sexual assault he was acquitted of child pornography charges in two thousand and eight but now a new documentary highlighting the stories of his alleged victims is drawing the attention of prosecutors john hundred reports from chicago.

to me to movement might have finally caught up with one of the world's most legendary r. and b. singers. over. two decades rumors of swirled about r. kelly's entourage said to be made up in part of young women in under-age girls who would tend recording sessions held in this studio and at another in atlanta now prosecutors in both cities are asking for help their recent allegations against entertainer r. kelly and the recent lifetime back to the series are deeply deeply disturbing cook county prosecutor kym fox says she's been in contact with the chicago police department in families who say kelley abused their girls but she says she needs the victims to help pursue charges against the fifty two year old singer that enough was enough. to come forward there is nothing that can be done to investigate these

allegations without the cooperation of both victims and witnesses we cannot seek justice without you the probes were spurred by a series of allegations compiled in a documentary called surviving r. kelly broadcast in the u.s. last week. as. the six part documentary explores the cult like following of r. kelly and allegations of physical sexual and emotional abuse of young women and underage girls by the singer in one thousand nine hundred ninety four his illegal marriage to then fifteen year old singer aaliyah was a note. it's a theme kelly alludes to in his music. this is one of those studios where r kelly is alleged to have held women in a sex cold his representatives say that any women who lived with him did so

voluntarily he has denied allegations of abuse but he hasn't spoken out since the documentary came out on january third now prosecutors hope to get him to do just that under oath. protesters with a group called mute art kelly gathered outside kelly's chicago studio on wednesday . i discussed it as a black woman fight for those girls and said they returned to their parents some observers say there are reasons out like asians that go back decades have drawn little scrutiny until now because no one. there's certainly some responsibility i mean his fan base is primarily not. black folks. and so we weren't ok with it then he would have disappeared from the face of the earth a long time ago. whether our kelly is held responsible.